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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Cognate with Hebrew גּוּמָּץ (gûmmāṣ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܘܡܨܐ • (gūmmāṣā) m (plural ܓܘܡܨܐ (gūmmāṣē))
- pit, ditch, depth
- Peshitta, Matthew 15:14:
ܫܒܘܩܘ ܠܗܘܢ. ܣܡܝ̈ܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܢܓܘܕ̈ܐ ܕܣ̈ܡܝܐ. ܣܡܝܐ ܕܝܢ ܠܣܡܝܐ ܐܢ ܢܕܒܪ: ܬܪܝܗܘܢ. ܒܓܘܡܨܐ ܢܦܠܝܢ.- šəḇoq ləhōn: səmayyā ʾennōn nāḡōḏē ḏa-səmayyā. samyā ḏên lə-samyā ʾen neḏbar, bə-ḡūmmāṣā nāp̄līn.
- Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- (horticulture) trench for planting trees
- (figuratively) pitfall
Inflection
References
- “gwmṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-06
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 49b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 64b
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 216a-b